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From: mvolo@uncecs.edu (Michael R. Volow)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: 286,386sx,386?
Summary: 286 + EMS card = cost of 386SX
Message-ID: <1989Oct6.202428.3240@uncecs.edu>
Date: 6 Oct 89 20:24:28 GMT
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One consideration which I have not seen mentioned, is that the cost
of a medium speed 80286 machine (e.g. 16Hz) plus the cost of an
add on EMS card with memory (usually $400-$550) roughly equals the
cost of a 386SX, where EMS can be defined and managed by software.
An 80286 with only motherboard memory and with a chipset that includes
EMS firmware (e.g., NEAT?) should be cheaper theoretically. However,
does the EMS firmware in the newer 80286 chipsets work and do all the
LIM 4.0 tricks?

M Volow, VA Medical Center, Durham, NC 27705
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